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Show Wlffl PREPARES FGR 8PE1IG TOUR Will Address Chicagoans Thursday and Make Brief Stops En Route. LONG BRANCH, X. J., Oct. 17. President Wilson will leave here tomorrow tomor-row morning for Chicago, where he is to speak three times Thursday. En route to and from Chicago his traJn will make a number of brief stops in New York, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. While Mr. Wilson has refused several invitations to mafce speeches, he will appear on the observation platform of his private car to shake hands with people who assemble assem-ble to greet him, and perhaps say a few words to them. While arrangements for the president's visit to Chicago include no appearances before strictly partisan organizations, his campaign managers are counting on the trip to have a marked political effect. They include Illinois, Indiana and Ohio in the doubtful states and wish the president presi-dent to meet as many persons as possible pos-sible on tomorrow's trip. Leaving here at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, the president will travel to New York in a regular Pullman car. He will leave there on a special car at 1 o'clock, going to Chicago by way of Albany and Rochester. Thursday he will make the following stops: Hosehn, Jnd., 8:47 a. ra.; Elkhart, 9:05, and South Bend, 9:34. arriving at Chicago at 11:50. Several other stops may be added. The president will remain in Chicago until 11:45 o'clock Thursday night. At, 1 p. m. he will lunch at the Chicago Press club and afterward will address a non-partisan woman's meeting at the Auditorium, dining privately afterward. At 8 o'clock In the evening he will deliver de-liver the main address of his trip before the third annual New Citizens' Allegiance Allegi-ance meeting. This address is expected to have an Important bearing on the hyphenate issue of the campaign. The president will return to Tong Branch Friday by way of Alliance, Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, Altoona. Huntington, Lewis Junction Junc-tion and Harrisburg. Mrs. Wilson, Secretary Sec-retary Tumulty and Dr. Can,' T. Grayson, Gray-son, the White house physician, will accompany ac-company him on the trip. President Wilson spent most of today working on official business in preparation for the visit to Chicago. He will speak here Saturday at a celebration of "Farmers' "Farm-ers' day." |